* PitchFX is changing things so fundamentally that I'm not sure we have any comprehension just how much. Was color TV considered a gimmick when it first came in?

* I've finally cracked the video thing. No, my big egg-shaped head isn't different, but the problem isn't me ... well, it is, but you know what I mean. The problem is that most people surf at work, meaning video is both a bandwidth and an attention problem. What's needed is closed-captioning -- the video could run, but you could read along. Of course, if all you get is a talking head that's muted and reading along, that's not compelling. I need to figure out how to get more stuff -- diagrams, anatomical drawings -- into the act. Ideally, I could show the injury happen itself, but that's still a rights issue. So, if you want to start a business, vlog captioning is my idea. If it's already out there, let me know.

* A Ken Griffey Jr deal back to the Mariners will probably end up being the last deal of the Bavasi Era in Seattle. I have a piece that's been in limbo regarding the "Top Ten GM Candidates" that I need to finish.

* If Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Colin Meloy (The Decemberists) sang together, would the world end? I think it would just be very depressing, if brilliant.

* American Idol has jumped the shark. If they were smart -- and they are -- they'd take about five years off and let the talent "build" out there. An interim step would be some kind of "celebrity" AI. Take a group of already signed, but neglected talent jump in. Add in some people looking for respect or a second chance - I'm thinking Ashlee Simpson here - and you have something interesting. Even a seeming "ringer" like Mariah Carey or Christina Aguilera might have trouble with the wrong theme.

* Jay Bruce is leading the International League in nearly every hitting category of note and Dusty Baker is inserting Corey Patterson as his leadoff man. I don't have anything past that. "We hold these truths to be self-evident."

* More fun with Minor League stats:
*Mike Hessman has 17 HR. SEVENTEEN!
*Brian Mazone has four wins for a team that doesn't have ten wins.
*How is Luke Hughes not better right now than Nick Punto?
*Bobby Brownlie is making something of a comeback in the Nats organization and was just bumped up to Triple-A. *Mat Gamel and Matt LaPorta both have OPS over 1000 in Double-A, but will have to convince the baseball world that defense really doesn't matter. With Ryan Braun in LF and one of these two in RF, I'm not sure having Dwayne Murphy would help. The Brewers would have to have nothing but K/GB pitchers to make it work. Hmm.
*Ever root for a guy just because of his name? I'd love to hear several announcers deal with Chris Jakubauskus. Heck, I'd like to hear the Raniers great Mike Curto do it.
*Same thing with Kila Kaaihue.
*It used to be you could tell when someone really knew prospects by whether they knew how to pronounce "Nageotte" (Nazh-ette). Then it was "Komine" (Ko-min-ay). Who is it now?

* Is there a better site out there now than Ballbug? No, there is not. Even better, it's the epitome of "Bissinger's Dilemma" - content is content and good blogs are right there aside good newspapers or "pro" web sites like BP and MLB.com. The next step will be disintermediation of comments, which will be a big deal because of ad revenue. After that, I think there's going to be a much bigger disintermediation, but I'll wait until I've figured out the profit angle on that before talking about it.